Thursday, September 15, 2011

Simply in Season.....

"Simply in Season", I just love this cookbook....

Eggplant Cheese Pie..... a recipe I found in this incredible book that features new recipes and reflections on eating seasonal foods grown locally.

This was a very tough and challenging growing season on most of us gardeners. We went through excessive heat and no rain or flooding. The only survivor in my Edible Garden is the eggplant-plant.....and it surely is producing in abundance. Now what will I prepare with it?

I am always searching for new recipes, especially when the ingredients are growing fresh in my garden. Sometimes I think that I will not live long enough to cook all the recipes that I have collected. But, cooking is a passion of mine as is eating healthy, whole foods and gardening/growing plants for the ingredients makes it even more rewarding. Therefore, growing an edible plant in my garden, finding a wonderful recipe to prepare with it and the reward of eating it, is a win-win situation for me.﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿

﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿I usually always have a stack of books that I take out of the library, yes I love books also. Cook books are always included in these borrowed books from the library. When I came across Simply in Season written by Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert, I knew this was one that needed to be added to my personal collection. With this book, your imagination and appetite will be piqued with fresh herbs and spices, seasonal vegetables and fruits and ways of cooking them. "Simply in Season" is a fun, easy cookbook that follows the cycle of the year. The recipes complement the seasons--from tomatoes in the summertime to persimmons in autumn. There's an emphasis on fruits and vegetables, so the cooking is quite healthy. The recipes are also user-friendly. ( Eggplant Cheese Pie )

"This cookbook reflects a commitment to eat what is in season. Enjoy the flavors and gifts of this book." -- Graham Kerr (The Galloping Gourmet)